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Maccabiah launches five-day sports festival at Expo Tel Aviv

EXPO TEL AVIV will be the venue for the 'Maccabiah City' sports festival ahead of this summer's Games, which open on July 1. (Maccabiah/Courtesy)

Gov't approves plan to boost desalinated water production using private companies

General view of the Israeli largest desalination plant on the Mediterranean Sea, in Ashdod on . The facility is located in Ashkelon, not far from the northern border of the Gaza Strip. In the first phase of operation, it is meant to supply 100 million cubic meters of water a year.

Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid withdraws from French festival after boycott pressure

Nadav Lapid